Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80580

 

Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80580

Published: August 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU145904
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-80580
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds write in the fbdev sysfs mode output handling in drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c when processing a long modelist for sysfs output. A local user can trigger sysfs mode listing with a sufficiently long modelist to execute arbitrary code.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-docs
kernel-trace-base
kernel-default-devel
kernel-syms
kernel-ec2-base
kernel-xen-devel-debuginfo
kernel-trace-devel
kernel-ec2-debuginfo
kernel-xen-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-ec2-devel
kernel-xen-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-xen
kernel-xen-debugsource
kernel-default-base
kernel-source
kernel-xen-base
kernel-ec2-devel-debuginfo
kernel-trace-devel-debuginfo
kernel-trace-debugsource
kernel-trace-debuginfo
kernel-ec2-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-ec2
kernel-trace

How to mitigate CVE-2026-80580

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-docs - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-trace-base - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-syms - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-ec2-base - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-xen-devel-debuginfo - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-trace-devel - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-ec2-debuginfo - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-xen-devel - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-ec2-devel - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-xen-debuginfo - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-xen - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-xen-debugsource - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-default-base - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-source - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-xen-base - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-ec2-devel-debuginfo - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-trace-devel-debuginfo - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-trace-debugsource - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-trace-debuginfo - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-ec2-debugsource - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-default - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-ec2 - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1
kernel-trace - update to 3.0.101-108.220.1

External References

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